Why Rail?

The city is pushing for a 2012 vote to build urban rail. The critics are asking, 'Who needs it?'

"...and you may come away convinced that rail-based mass transit is about as desirable for a city as an..."

April 8, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Here Come the Transporters

In the endless Central Texas transportation wars, the lions and the lambs look for ways to make peace

"...the roads and rails – in which highways and transit have been the poles on a left-right political axis..."

June 4, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Seeing the Light

Capital Metro unveils plans for light rail, a bus-rapid-transit system, and HOV lanes for Austin.

"...able to do the deed? On October 25, the transit authority's board of directors will decide whether to accept..."

Oct. 22, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin Contemplates How to Make I-35 Suck Less

The past, present, and future of the man-made barrier through the heart of our town

"...and they're bringing and driving vehicles, many on this corridor. We at the agency and the [Texas Transportation] Commission..."

June 21, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Lumbering Toward a Long-Held Vision for a New I-35

Riding on TxDOT's endless highway

"...include maximizing the carrying capacity of the constrained I-35 corridor; improving access to Downtown, the Capitol Com­plex, and UT-Austin..."

Jan. 27, 2023 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Big Money for Big Roads

Deciding how the Mobility Bond is spent on Austin's most traveled streets

"...stretches of road. Spread throughout the city, the nine corridors represented five years of study and community engagement. But..."

Feb. 23, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Public Notice: The End of Single-Family?

Possibly. And look who’s leading the charge.

"...in the current SF-3 (essentially everywhere in the urban core), what about a small house and a large ADU?..."

Dec. 8, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Roaming the Corridors

"...The perennially congested corridor will be the recipient of a lot of new..."

June 8, 2018 News Feature

Rebooted City Council Gets a New Chance to Fix Austin

10-1, take two

"...different housing types, and the need for efficient public transit, and they understand that we're growing and if we..."

Jan. 11, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Neighborhood Watch

Sustainable Neighborhoods group advocates 'family-friendly' north side development

"...the interests of households with children in the urban core. While parts of the six areas SN serves –..."

March 22, 2013 News Feature by Robyn Ross

What Does Austin’s Explosive Growth Mean for Capital Metro?

Big changes are coming, but it’s not clear yet what they will be

"...focus on Cap Metro's service area, and the urban core in particular. "They look at everything," said Watson. "Growth,..."

Aug. 26, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Over a Troubled Bridge

Neighborhoods Battle Plan to Widen Lamar Bridge

"...Austin's size has natural pristine settings in its inner core like Zilker Park and Town Lake," adds Tom Larkin,..."

Oct. 11, 1996 News Feature

Austin's Land Use Debate Returns to the Spotlight

A new draft code has risen out of CodeNEXT's ashes

"...promoting public transportation by allowing people to live along transit networks; protecting the environment in an increasingly urbanizing world..."

Oct. 11, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Think Locally, Act Regionally

Regional Government's All the Rage - Are We Ready?

"...the regional transportation plan from the [Greater Austin-San Antonio] Corridor Council, including SH130, commuter rail, and relocating Union Pacific..."

Feb. 20, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Off the Beaten Track

Can Light Rail Build Livable Communities?

"...the end of October, about 800 planners, community activists, transit system officials, engineers, academics, and occasional nosey reporters like..."

Nov. 21, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Mapping the Land Development Code Madness

Trying to make sense of the proposed changes

"...Transition Areas, Transition Zones..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

Where the Sidewalks End

Austin's patchwork sidewalk system has a history – and just maybe a better future

"...complementary efforts, if you get out beyond the central core and into the neighborhoods, finding an easy route on..."

July 11, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Here Comes MetroRapid

Cap Metro rolls out its big bendy buses, the next mode in multimodal

"...and Cap Metro to construct a genuine rapid mass transit system involving express buses, and light and commuter rail...."

Jan. 24, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Delay of Game

Seaholm, Block 21 challenge the Downtown Domino theory

"...substation next to Seaholm, or an aggressive expansion of urban-core retail, or above all any future enhanced Downtown transportation..."

April 8, 2005 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

'All Systems Go!' ... Very, Very Slowly

Cap Metro proposes a rail plan that is much less than meets the eye

"...to take to the ballot box in November. The transit authority's board will vote to adopt the plan and..."

Aug. 20, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Planning a Compact City in the Midst of Urban Sprawl

"...Sic Transit Gloria..."

Dec. 22, 1995 News Feature

How Could Zoning Change in Your Neighborhood?

From single-family homes to 40-foot townhomes, mapping the transition areas and zones

"...the LDC revision involves the rezoning of properties along corridors, centers, and transit priority networks, as defined in Imagine..."

Oct. 11, 2019 News Feature

Point Austin: More Connected Than Thou

Multimodal objections to a multimodal project

"...oppose any rail project. That's to be expected from hard-core anti-taxers, who routinely specialize in cutting off the public's..."

Aug. 8, 2014 News Column by Michael King

Cap Met's Five Year Bus Plan: More, Faster, Better

"...TRANSIT CENTERS: Instead of running the bulk of its services..."

Dec. 22, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Use Only as Directed

Patenting the Formula

"...By earlier this year, after flaps and fumbles over transit corridors, downtown development projects, infill standards for urban-core neighborhoods,..."

Aug. 20, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

FTA 'New Start' Funds MetroRapid Buses

Federal grant covers 80% of $47.6 million bus rapid transit program

"...United States." That was the bleak diagnosis from Federal Transit Administrator Peter Rogoff when he visited Austin last week...."

April 20, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

On the Rails

Bungling Bureaucrats, or Best Hope?

"...began a recent editorial in the Austin American-Statesman. Local transit advocate David Dobbs would change that to "The Statesman..."

June 14, 1996 News Feature

Public Notice: We Have Seen the Future, and ...

Deconstructing Project Connect’s new vision for light rail

"...Austin Transit Partnership unveiled their long-awaited transit plan revision at an..."

March 24, 2023 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Developing Stories: The State Eyes an Eastern Campus

And about that regional plan …?

"...complex, including complementary adjacent development, served by good mass transit...."

May 15, 2009 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories

Plans unveiled for rail transit

"...the highlights of a detailed proposal for circulator rail transit. The Phase I analysis includes essential data on: 1)..."

Aug. 1, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

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